CVE-2021-22883Node.js before 10.24.0, 12.21.0, 14.16.0, and 15.10.0 is vulnerable to a denial of service attack when too many connection attempts with…
- 7.5HighCVSS base score
- 77.4%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 0.4% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
Node.js before 10.24.0, 12.21.0, 14.16.0, and 15.10.0 is vulnerable to a denial of service attack when too many connection attempts with an 'unknownProtocol' are established. This leads to a leak of file descriptors. If a file descriptor limit is configured on the system, then the server is unable to accept new connections and prevent the process also from opening, e.g. a file. If no file descriptor limit is configured, then this lead to an excessive memory usage and cause the system to run out of memory.
Timeline
ID reserved
By hackerone
- 56 days later
· 56 days later
Published
- 4 years later
· 4 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 77.4% · top 0.4% of all CVEs (14 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Affected products
References
References10
- https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/february-2021-security-releases/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://hackerone.com/reports/1043360 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- FEDORA-2021-a760169c3c (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- FEDORA-2021-f6bd75e9d4 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- FEDORA-2021-6aaba80ba2 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuApr2021.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210416-0001/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://www.oracle.com//security-alerts/cpujul2021.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-389290.pdf (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2021-10016 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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